This was just a test, so I chose to conduct it in a mill. Anyway, the county government's mill space is large enough.
This is prepared for those who commit crimes. However, Xiping County has been too peaceful recently. No one is committing crimes, not even sneaking around.
So the mill was vacant, and no one came here anymore except for the occasional soldiers or long-term workers who came to grind flour, soybean powder, and the like.
At this time, the mill was busy. There were soldiers pushing the stone mill to grind beans while stretching their necks to see what the girl and the others were doing.
Zhao Hanzhang grabbed a dozen fried beans from the pot, rolled them to make them hot, gave a few to Fu Tinghan, and threw two into his mouth, making a clicking sound, "It's delicious.
You try it."
Fu Tinghan took one, nodded, and grinded his teeth just right.
Zhao Hanzhang also felt that the beans were very suitable for grinding teeth. After eating, she clapped her hands and said, "Okay, give it a try."
So the long-term worker came forward with a fine cloth bag, filled it with a bag of fried beans, knotted it, and stuffed it into the press they had prepared.
They made this after plowing several big trees, using camphor wood. According to the girl, camphor wood is the best.
So they spent a lot of effort to find camphor wood.
Although they don't understand why beans are used to squeeze oil.
These beans are so good. They can be eaten not only by horses and other livestock, but also by humans. It would be too wasteful to use them to extract oil.
Rich people are different and even use soybean oil.
At this time, the long-term workers did not know that the soybean oil was for food.
After fixing the press tool, the long-term workers followed the instructions and began to bolt the wood and hit it. At first, the press tool had no reaction. After being hit for a long time, liquid began to drip from the opening.
When Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan saw it, their eyes lit up, and they immediately came forward to take a look. When they smelled the familiar aroma of beans, Zhao Hanzhang immediately said: "Quick, quick, keep going, keep going, you can eat stir-fry tonight."
She had the iron pot ready.
Although mutton fat and butter can also be used, Zhao Hanzhang still wants to eat vegetarian oil.
The soybeans seeped out more oil under the constant impact of the long-term workers. In the end, it flowed like a small stream of water.
Zhao Hanzhang was happy and nodded repeatedly, "It seems that my memory is really good, and I didn't remember anything wrong at all."
Fu Tinghan couldn't help but said: "This is the fifth set of squeeze tools."
Before this, they had failed five times.
Zhao Hanzhang just pretended that she didn't hear it. She just failed five times, not fifty times. She felt that these five times could be rounded off. Ah, no, five could be rounded off and turned into one success.
The two squatted on the edge and looked at the oil flowing down. When Chang Ning came in with his guests, what he saw was the busy people in the mill.
Chang Ning hurriedly shouted: "Girl, girl!"
Zhao Hanzhang looked back and saw that Chang Ning had brought so many people. He immediately stood up and straightened his clothes before stepping forward with a smile.
Fu Tinghan watched her transform from a squatting figure to a noble and polite lady, and then took a look at the person Chang Ning brought in. She quickly judged that he was not interested, so she silently turned back to watch the oil extraction, thinking only that she was
He is a long-term worker.
Chang Ning glanced at Fu Tinghan and saw that he had no intention of getting up to greet him, so she pretended not to know him and just smiled and introduced these guests to Zhao Hanzhang.
Chang Ning approached Zhao Hanzhang and whispered: "This is the Chen family in Ancheng County. Their family owns a bookstore and is a respected bookseller in Runan County."
Zhao Hanzhang understood instantly, and when he looked at the person, his smile grew a little brighter, "Master Chen lives in Wubao now, or in the city?"
Chen Zhoudao: "How could Mr. Chen have the honor to live in Wubao? So now he is settling in an inn in the city."
"Oh? Which inn is it from?"
When Chen Zhou saw that Zhao Hanzhang didn't mention letting him live in Wubao, he couldn't help but be disappointed and said with a smile: "Ping'an Inn."
"This inn is quite good. Their mutton is pretty good," Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile, "When I have time, I'll treat Mr. Chen to some mutton."
Chenzhou had a lot of Zhao Hanzhang's meat. He looked around and asked curiously: "Are there so many new criminals in Xiping County?"
Among the punishments, there is a kind of punishment called beating punishment, which is to punish the criminals, but the crime is not very big, and the prisoners are used to pound rice and grind flour.
Mills are usually placed next to the county government office. Chen Zhou has a lot of experience. This is the first time he has seen such a lively county government office mill.
Naturally, Zhao Hanzhang could not let people think that the public security in Xiping County was not good. He smiled and said: "These are the long-term workers in my family and the soldiers in the military camp."
She said: "There are no criminals in Xiping County, so this place is empty. I think it is too wasteful, so I let the soldiers come here to pound rice and grind flour, and the people can also come here to grind things."
Chen Zhou: "Miss Zhao is really kind-hearted. It is a blessing for the people of Xiping County to have a girl as the county king."
Zhao Hanzhang said modestly, "Where, where." Then he accepted the compliment.
Chen Zhou, who still wanted to have a few rounds with Zhao Hanzhang, was stunned for a moment.
Zhao Hanzhang has gone straight to the topic he is most interested in, "Is Mr. Chen's family engaged in bookstore business?"
Chen Zhou: "How can the book business be called a business? It's too tacky to be tainted with the smell of copper."
Zhao Hanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, "Master Chen is right, then let's talk about such elegant things as pens, inks, paper, inkstones and books."
Fu Tinghan, who was squatting behind, heard this and couldn't help but feel happy. When he turned around, he saw Zhao Hanzhang happily leading people out of the mill and heading to the county government office.
He shook his head and mourned for Mr. Chen.
We are talking about business, oh, no, we are talking about elegant matters. Of course we need to find a quiet place.
So Zhao Hanzhang took the guests back to the lobby.
She invited the guests to sit down, and then she sat down on the chair. When she looked up, she saw all the people below sitting cross-legged on the chairs.
Zhao Hanzhang:......
She silently went to see Chang Ning, and it turned out that he was the one taking the lead.
She had a headache and hesitated between making her legs more comfortable or her purse more comfortable. Finally, she decided decisively to make her purse more comfortable.
So she quietly moved her butt back, glanced at the guests, raised her legs and sat cross-legged.
When Chang Ning saw it, her eyes twitched. The master of their family really knew the current affairs. No matter what he said before, she was unwilling to sit cross-legged.
Zhao Hanzhang arranged his clothes and then faced Chen Zhou with a smile, "Does the Chen family make such elegant stationery as pens, inks, paper and inkstones themselves, or buy them from outside?"
Chen Zhou said without thinking: "Of course I make it myself."
He said: "Our Chen family has our own workshop. Whether it is making pens, making paper, carving inkstones or burning ink, we can do it all."
However, except for paper and pens, which are of some interest, most of the other items were purchased from outside.
"What about the books?" Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Did you buy the books in Chen's Bookstore from others, or did you print them yourself?"
"Of course we print them ourselves, but we also buy them. However, this year due to the war in Luoyang, all the books in the bookstore are printed by us."